Suspenders.



No. 700,883. Y Patented May 27, I902. A. m. ZIEGLER.

SUSPENDERS.

[Application filed Aug. 16, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI'oE.

ALFRED M. ZIEGLER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,883, dated May 27, 1902.

Application filed August 16, 1901. Serial No. 72,227. (No model.) 1

To all whom, it Hwy concern: Be it known that I, ALFRED M. ZIEGLER, a citizen of the United'States,residing at Boston, in the county of Sulfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Suspenders, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

The present invention is an improvement in suspenders, and relates especially to the connection between the suspender-ends at the back of the suspender and the web part or shoulder-pieces of the suspender. The ordinary way of securing these parts of the suspender together is by a metallic piece or plate, which is extremely objectionable because of the liability to corrode when worn and the harsh feeling thereof on a sensitive back, and accordingly many of the more expensive kinds of suspenders employ a piece of leather at this point for the purpose of avoiding the above objections and also for giving a neater and more elegant effect; but the leather piece has the defect of not being capable of being rigidly secured to the loop ends, so that the latter usually have more or less play or lateral movement in the leather -"connection, resulting in the rapid wearing out of the parts and a more or less uncomfortable feeling, as well as inconvenience at times in managing the fastening of the susponder in place.

I have succeeded in obviating all the abovementioned difficulties by the employment of a piece of thin material, preferably such as cambric or linen, which is clamped or secured around the middle of the fastening end for subsequent attachment to the leatheror other connecting-piece and to the suspender web or web end. By the employment of this extra fastening-piece of thin strong material, which is entirely concealed from view in the completed suspender, the loops or fastening end is held positively against any lateral motion relatively to tlieleather connection or other piece and is conveniently and firmly secured rigidly in place, permitting the employment of a leather connection and enabling the same to be secured neatly, quickly, and cheaply in place.

' Further constructional details will be pointed out in connection with the following description, and various other advantages of my invention will be made manifest, reference being bad to the accompanying drawin gs, in which I have illustrated my invention and the manner of its use.

In the drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are broken details in front elevation, showing myinvention applied to a usual suspender end or back piece. Figs. 3 and 4 are central vertical sectional views, respectively, of Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the preferred construction of my invention, and Fig. 6 1s a similar view of a diiferent embodiment.

It Will be understood that the particular kind of suspender to which my invention will be applied, may be varied indefinitely, and that I have herein shown for purposes of illustration a suspender in which the fasteningloops at are carried by a loop end or fastening end which is elastic at its intermediate parts a and non-elastic at its upper middle part 0. The said middle part a has been usually secured to the-web end or back piece a of the suspender by a metal plate, although in some instances a leather piece a has been employed, because it is much more elegant and comfortable and is demanded by the more expensive trade. The leather piece, however, has not been practical for this kind of suspender, as it could not be properly secured to the part a on account of the difficulty of stitching it tightly and accurately to the middle longitudinally of the part 0. liability of breaking needles in stitching, tendency of the leather to out and tear, liability of slipping and irregular stitching due to the stiffness of the leather and the hard round surface (1 held within the leather during the stitching, and various other difficulties experienced in the practical manufacture of the suspenders and the manipulation and use of leather, and there has been inevitably more or less relative movement of the part a within the leather piece a as heretofore employed. It.

has seemed practically impossible to remedy this defect in the practical manufacture of suspenders, and yet the advantages of a nonmetallic piece a have been so great that it has seemed necessary to use it even though the resulting suspender has been obviously defective. The present invention, however,

renders the construction of the Suspender with a non-metallic part a not only feasible, but much neater and more convenient than the usual metallic connection and resides,broadly speaking, in the provision of a thin flexible piece I) of strong fabric immovably fastened to the part a of the fastening end, said piece 1) being of tenacious material for strongly holding the subsequent stitching, and yet being sufficiently thin and flexible to make practically no increase in thickness and stiffness of the leather or other connection a.

As shown in Figs. 1, 3, and '5, the piece Z2 is held immovably on the fastening piece at a by a small clip I) of metal or other stiff clamping material, which is compressed tightly about the part a and the middle of the strip or piece I), unyieldingly fastening the same in place, and in Fig. 6 the clip I) is beneath a heavier piece or strip 17, which is held against lateral movement by ears 5 from the clip embracing its edges. In Figs. 2 and 4 the thin strip b is secured in place by a line of stitches 11 this means being practicable with fastening ends thatare not woven too tightly, although the other form is preferable, and especially so with certain kinds of fastening endssuch as leather, for example.

Whenever a metal clip 1) is employed I provide also some clamping means or holding device, as the ears b, for preventing the fastening end and leather a from moving laterally on each other.

Having provided the fastening end with the piece I), immovably secured thereto, as explained, the parts are assembled by placing the ends of the strip Z) over the web end a and then inclosin g all the parts by the leather or other connecting or covering piece a, as clearly shown"in Figs. 1 to 3, whereupon the parts are conveniently stitched together by rows of stitches a and secured in usual or preferred manner. The result is that the fastening end is held immovably in place, and yet the means which serves to hold it thus is concealed, is strong, flexible, and is exceedingly convenient for handling by the stitchers at the sewing-machines.

The part a may be of leather of any fanci-J 1. In a suspender, a loop end or fasteningpiece for buttoning the suspenders in position, having at its upper end or middle parta holding-piece of thin, strong fabric immovably secured thereto, a web end of the suspender adjacent thereto, a non-metallic connection passed about said middle part of said loop end and inclosing said fastening-strip and secured thereto by lines of stitches or equivalent means.

2. In a suspender, a loop end or fasteningpiece for buttoning the suspenders in position, having at its upper end or middle part a holding-piece of thin, strong fabric, an unyielding clamping-clip for holding the two in immovable relation, a Web end of the suspender adjacent thereto, a non-metallic connection passed about said middle part of said loop end and inclosing said fastening-strip and secured thereto by lines of stitches or equivalent means.

3. In a suspender, a loop end or fasteningpiece for buttoning the suspenders in position, having at its upper end or middle part a holding-piece of thin, strong fabric immovably secured thereto, a web end of the suspeuder adjacent thereto, a non-metallic connection passed about said middle part of said loop end and inclosing said fastening-strip and secured theretov by lines of stitches or equivalent means, and means for preventing said loop end and said connection from moving laterally on each other.

4:. The combination with the web of a suspender, a loop end or fastening-piece for buttoning purposes, and a connecting-piece se cured to the suspender web and passing about the middle of the loop end, of the herein-described means for transferring the strain from the loop end to the Suspender-web and retaining the said loop end in position and preventing lateral movement, thereof relatively to said connecting-piece, said means consisting of a piece of thin, strong material immovably fastened to the middle part of the loop end and connecting-piece and extending upwardly therefrom, said upwardlyextending end being permanently secured between the adjacent sides of the connectingpiece. I

In testimonywhereof I have signed my name tothis specification inthepresence 0 two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED M. ZIEGLER.

WVitnesses:

CHARLES L. ZIEGLER, GEO. H. MAXWELL. 

